Insta360 X3 Portable Action Camera Hi, this is Husband Steve with a review of the Insta360 X3 Action Camera. A few months ago, our good friend Pat Dengler showed us her new spherical camera, the Insta360 X3, and after seeing its capabilities, I knew I wanted one. Being the thoughtful wife she is, Allison kindly […]
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Retrobatch for Automating Image Manipulation
Remember a few months ago when I spent a stupid amount of time automating the incredibly complex procedure of unchecking a box in Preview’s Export window to remove the alpha channel from PNG files? The problem to be solved is that images with an alpha channel have transparency, and if they’re dark images, they’re impossible […]
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Tiny Tip – 16:9 Setting on iPhone Camera is Just a Crop
Downward Chevron in CameraReveals Aspect Ratio Options Recently Bart and I were chatting about the aspect ratio options on the iPhone’s camera. I hadn’t actually noticed that you could change the aspect ratio until he mentioned it. Starting with the iPhone XS, at the top of the camera screen, there is now a little downward-facing […]
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Pixelmator Photo for iPad Review
Pixelmator Photo for iPad was launched, rather fortuitously, just before I went on holiday. It turned out to be almost the perfect app for processing RAW photos from my DSLR camera while on the go. There are some key features of Pixelmator Photo that stand out for me over other iOS photo apps. Pixelmator Photo […]
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NC #739 Retrobatch, AirFly, GTA Car Kit, Pixelmator Photo, Glitch.com, Photo Processing On the Go
Allister Jenks is standing in this week for a vacationing Allison and Steve, with the help of a couple of NosillaCastaways.
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Photos from South America – Galápagos Islands and Machu Picchu
Steve and I just got back from a nearly three week vacation to South America. We had two major destinations, the Galápagos Islands and to hike Machu Picchu in Peru. Thought you might like to peruse our photos of the trip. Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands trip started with a day tour of Quito, Ecuador […]
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CCATP #469 Allister Jenks on Affinity Designer
This week we’re joined by Allister Jenks of the Sitting Duck Podcast. I tricked him into using Affinity Photo (and he loves it) so he turns the tables and convinces me to buy into Affinity Designer. He’ll explain the difference between pixel and vector editors, and why you’d want to use one tool over the […]
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There’s a lot of reasons we use to justify how much money we spend on our technology. One of my personal favorites is how we justify new phones. “My contract is up”, “It’s been 2 years” and “It’s my turn” are amongst the more popular versions of this silliness. Well, it’s my turn to get […]
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